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Joe Guszkowski

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Joe Guszkowski

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Technology

Layoffs hit another restaurant technology company

Fast-growing online ordering company Lunchbox cut 33% of its staff after raising $70 million since 2020, joining a growing list of other restaurant tech companies to do so.

Technology

Kitchen United raises $100M with help from Restaurant Brands International, Kroger

The ghost kitchen provider will use the funding to add locations and expand the use of its technology, accelerating its rapid growth over the past year.

Leadership

Philip Speer’s path to sobriety also led to a new kind of restaurant

The critically acclaimed chef made his name in an era when heavy partying was an industry norm. At Comedor, he’s creating a different culture.

Financing

As BJ’s wrestles with inflation, its guests remain unfazed

Customers haven’t reacted to higher prices yet, but more hikes are coming at the casual-dining chain.

Technology

Reef opens virtual food hall at Raleigh-Durham airport

Travelers can order takeout from nine different restaurants at the getReef Virtual Food Hall.

Technology

Capriotti’s plans to put pizza robots in up to 100 restaurants

The sandwich chain said the bots made by Piestro will help boost dinner business.

Technology

Chipotle invests in robotic makelines, fungi-based meat

Hyphen and Meati Foods are the first startups to get funding from Cultivate Next, the chain’s $50 million venture arm.

Technology

Distribution startup Cheetah buys 3 Bay Area food suppliers

Palo Alto Foods, Joseph Martin Foods and Esteson will become part of the San Francisco distributor as it eyes nationwide expansion.

Technology

San Francisco is set to loosen its delivery fee cap

An amendment will allow providers to charge restaurants more for additional services and will end a legal battle between delivery companies and the city.

Technology

After feasting in 2021, restaurant tech companies prepare for ‘famine mode’

Many suppliers that were flush with cash last year are now laying off workers as capital dries up and consumer behavior shifts.

Leadership

Chili's hires George Felix as new CMO

Felix spent more than 10 years at Yum Brands and Procter & Gamble, where he worked alongside new Brinker CEO Kevin Hochman.

Technology

Jamba to put smoothie-making robots in Love’s rest stops

Jamba by Blendid machines will whip up drinks for travelers starting at a single Love’s near Sacramento.

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